When George Lai of Portland, Oregon, took his toddler son to a pediatrician last summer for a checkup, the doctor noticed a little splinter in the child’s palm. “He must have gotten it between the ...

Two weeks ago, my son came home from nursery school with a splinter in his palm. It was so small, though, I wasn't sure if it was really there. "It's there," my wife said. She'd tried to squeeze it ...

Some patients are shocked by how doctors are now billing for simple care. Read Removing a Splinter? Treating a Wart? If a Doctor Does It, It Can Be Billed As Surgery from Money Talks News.

Routine procedures such as splinter removal and wart treatment are increasingly billed as surgeries, leading to unexpected costs for patients. When George Lai of Portland, Oregon, took his toddler son ...